True enough, but go to a store that carries Apple (compusa, in my area), at the front are iMac and the TiBook. The towers are all stuffed in the back row.
We may be overreaching....
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our AI isn't quite up to snuff yet to keep these things from doing dealdy stupid stuff.
Now remote controlled war robots might not be a bad idea
Oh, and imagine a beowulf cluster of those! (someone had to say it)
Thanks, that's good info. I wonder if you can get away with it in college though. Most US colleges use SSN for everything. Many profs acutally post grades by the last 4 digits.
I seem to remember international students would have an id like 000-*, so maybe that could work for others too.
For example: To a convert who's used to one WDM driver working (to a degree) for 98, me, 2k, xp, WhatEver, It doesn't make much sense that his video driver must be recomplied for every version of every distro. Methinks people from the MacOs side would think the same thing.
It may not be a big deal for a developer type person, but someone who's just want's to try Linux out & isn't a programmer will have a hard time getting his 3d card going. So, a lot of guys walk away thinkng "Well Linux can only do 3d if you have X card with Y distro and stand on one foot, so I'll just stick with Lameos 99 which at least will support XYZ card.".
Even if you don't care about the unwashed masses, we're all affected by the lack of vendor support that results.
Funny I cant find the expiration date on this HD
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I have old XT drives that are still going, and modern IDE drives that died because I looked at the funny.
Sounds like the old "hard disks die." ad campaign from back in the day.
Yes, only super-l33t people like you should be able to use Linux. In fact, lets get rid of all the GUI configuration stuff, that'll keep even more n00bz out.
They probably would, I wouldn't, but I'd say the majority of home users would. Professional users probably wouldn't voluntarly go for it, but penny pinching managers would jump on a $100 per seat cut.
But then again, most of these users don't directly buy thier OS, to them it's just a function of the computer they buy.
A couple of good reasons:
1. It takes up bandwith, a small amount perhaps, but you're paying for someone elses spam to be on your desktop.
2. Adware almost always leads to spyware, as advertizers are mostly only interested in "targeted" advertizing. We'd have a hard time getting advertizers without being able to track the people using the system. Do you really want desktop cookies?
They are already beink guilty of krimethink, send in the Ministry of Love.
Re:Killing people is as American as apple pie.
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To quote Ahhonld, "Yes, but they were all bad."
Seriously though, all these complaints calling this a "murder-simulation" seem to be making one serious error. They don't take into account that some people are just evil and should be killed.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but take off the rose colored glasses and look around. The world is not this magical place were everyone is really good inside and they just can't help themselves from blowing up inncoent people because of thier circumstances.
OK, so they have this credit-card feature, but nobody used it because they didn't trust the security.
They sign up for more credit card features, on the premise that it will make people trust the security (unlike the exisiting credit card features, that weren't used because people didn't trust the security).
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At least they didn't go shredding atoms.... [rimshot]
Looks as though they at least get the message that belated honesty is better than none at all.
True enough, but go to a store that carries Apple (compusa, in my area), at the front are iMac and the TiBook. The towers are all stuffed in the back row.
Now remote controlled war robots might not be a bad idea
Oh, and imagine a beowulf cluster of those! (someone had to say it)Didn't they make several, i.e. one would be killed and they would just send a replacement.
Thanks, that's good info. I wonder if you can get away with it in college though. Most US colleges use SSN for everything. Many profs acutally post grades by the last 4 digits. I seem to remember international students would have an id like 000-*, so maybe that could work for others too.
Every so often someone suggests enforcing the rule, but that would require so many changes that it won't happen.
Discuss.
"Is there anything ammoral with this? " I you do so by sneaking in the back door and giving an third party control over what my PC does, yes.
...let's ruin it!!!!
For example: To a convert who's used to one WDM driver working (to a degree) for 98, me, 2k, xp, WhatEver, It doesn't make much sense that his video driver must be recomplied for every version of every distro. Methinks people from the MacOs side would think the same thing.
It may not be a big deal for a developer type person, but someone who's just want's to try Linux out & isn't a programmer will have a hard time getting his 3d card going. So, a lot of guys walk away thinkng "Well Linux can only do 3d if you have X card with Y distro and stand on one foot, so I'll just stick with Lameos 99 which at least will support XYZ card.".Even if you don't care about the unwashed masses, we're all affected by the lack of vendor support that results.
Sounds like the old "hard disks die." ad campaign from back in the day.
Works better if you use black paper, that way the machine will use up a bunch of toner quickly.
On my system XP runs circles around 9x. Of course, *everything* runs circles around 9x, so nevermind.....
Yes, only super-l33t people like you should be able to use Linux. In fact, lets get rid of all the GUI configuration stuff, that'll keep even more n00bz out.
They probably would, I wouldn't, but I'd say the majority of home users would. Professional users probably wouldn't voluntarly go for it, but penny pinching managers would jump on a $100 per seat cut. But then again, most of these users don't directly buy thier OS, to them it's just a function of the computer they buy.
A couple of good reasons: 1. It takes up bandwith, a small amount perhaps, but you're paying for someone elses spam to be on your desktop. 2. Adware almost always leads to spyware, as advertizers are mostly only interested in "targeted" advertizing. We'd have a hard time getting advertizers without being able to track the people using the system. Do you really want desktop cookies?
There's no money like blood money!
They are already beink guilty of krimethink, send in the Ministry of Love.
To quote Ahhonld, "Yes, but they were all bad."
Seriously though, all these complaints calling this a "murder-simulation" seem to be making one serious error. They don't take into account that some people are just evil and should be killed.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but take off the rose colored glasses and look around. The world is not this magical place were everyone is really good inside and they just can't help themselves from blowing up inncoent people because of thier circumstances.What's the point of borders if everyone's crackpot laws apply to everyone else.
Oh, wait, why am I replying to a dumb-ass AC in the first place! Silly me!
How long until someone just punches out that LCD screen. About 30 minutes would be my guess.
Hmmmm, surrre!
The danger, of course, is that it will be replaced with something that will suck more.
What's the hard part?